Research Centers


The following Research Centers are led by faculty in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

PROTECT

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Designated by the National Institutes of Health as a Superfund Research Center, PROTECT studies exposure to environmental contamination in Puerto Rico and its contribution to preterm birth. PROTECT also seeks to better understand the phenomena affecting fate and transport of hazardous substances in aquifers and to develop green remediation strategies.

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Global Resilience Institute

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Informing and advancing societal resilience around the world by partnering with other leading academic research institutions, nonprofits and the public and private sectors to devise and apply practical, interdisciplinary innovations and solutions to resilience challenges.

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Academic Center for Reliability and Resilience of Offshore Wind (ARROW)

Designated by the Department of Energy with additional support from the states of Maryland and Massachusetts, ARROW is a first-of-its-kind center of excellence on offshore wind.

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Northeastern Impact Engine

The Healthier Air and People: Intelligent Solutions to Urban Pollution for Equity and Resilience (iSUPER) Impact Engine will pair low-cost, adaptable sensing technologies with novel pollution prediction models to accurately identify hyperlocal pollution hot spots in real time.

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